| 100% | MSU | 3 | Big Ten school in East Lansing: Abbr. |
| 69% | MSU | 3 | School in East Lansing: abbr. |
| 67% | OSU | 3 | Big Ten school in Columbus: Abbr. |
| 54% | UCLA | 4 | New Big Ten school in 2024 |
| 54% | NEBR | 4 | Big Ten school: Abbr. |
| 54% | MSU | 3 | College in East Lansing: Abbr. |
| 54% | MSU | 3 | Campus in East Lansing: Abbr. |
| 52% | OSU | 3 | Columbus school in the NCAA's Big Ten Conference (Abbr.) |
| 52% | SPARTANS | 8 | Big Ten team from East Lansing |
| 51% | MSU | 3 | East Lansing school: Abbr. |
| 50% | XXXX | 4 | School in football's Big Ten |
| 50% | NYU | 3 | School in the Big Apple: Abbr. |
| 49% | MSU | 3 | East Lansing school home to the "Spartans": Abbr. |
| 49% | MSU | 3 | East Lansing school, home to the Spartans: Abbr. |
| 48% | MSU | 3 | East Lansing school who are titled the "Spartans": Abbr. |
| 47% | MIDWEST | 7 | Home of many schools in the Big Ten Conference |
| 45% | LOUISVILLE | 10 | Big East school switching to the ACC in 2014 |
| 45% | NOVA | 4 | Big East school in Pennsylvania, to fans |
| 43% | IOWA | 4 | Big Ten school |
| 43% | USC | 3 | Big Ten school |
| 43% | BOSTONCOLLEGE | 13 | Big East school that switched to the ACC in 2005: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NYU | 3 | Big Apple school attended by many of the characters in "Gossip Girl": Abbr. |
| 42% | OHIOSTATE | 9 | Big Ten East football team who played the University of Washington in the 2019 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | Big East school switching to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013 (along with Syracuse) |
| 41% | MSU | 3 | Sch. in East Lansing |
| 41% | PURDUE | 6 | Indiana Big Ten school |
| 41% | UCLA | 4 | School that's leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024: Abbr. |
| 40% | OHIOSTATE | 9 | Big Ten school with eight national football titles |
| 40% | MARYLAND | 8 | Big Ten school (oh, and one more thing...) |
| 40% | PSU | 3 | Big Ten East sch. |